ASTM C1540-04

Standard Specification for Heavy Duty Shielded Couplings Joining Hubless Cast Iron Soil Pipe and Fittings

ABSTRACT
This specification covers the performance evaluation of heavy duty shielded couplings to join hubless cast iron soil pipe and fittings. Physical properties of all stainless steel and gaskets shall comply with the specified values. Requirements for the elastomeric gasket, clamp assembly, and couplings such as coupling width are detailed. The test apparatus for deflection test, shear test, and unrestrained hydrostatic joint test are illustrated.
SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers the evaluating of the performance of heavy duty shielded couplings to join hubless cast iron soil pipe and fittings.
1.2 Couplings covered by this standard shall have minimum dimensions as found in Table 1 and Fig. 1 of this standard.
1.3 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard. The SI units given in parentheses are for information only.
1.4 The committee with jurisdiction over this standard is aware of comparable standards published by other organizations, namely Cast Iron Soil Pipe Institute specification CISPI 310 and Factory Mutual Research standard FM 1680.
1.5 The following precautionary caveat pertains only to the test method portion, Section 7, of this specification. This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 30-Apr-2004
• ICS: 23.040.60 - Flanges, couplings and joints
• Technical Committee: A04 - Iron Castings
• Drafting Committee: A04.75 - Gaskets and Coupling for Plumbing and Sewer Piping

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM C1540-02 - Standard Specification for Heavy Duty Shielded Couplings Joining Hubless Cast Iron Soil Pipe and Fittings
• Effective Date: 01-May-2004
• Replaced By: ASTM C1540-08 - Standard Specification for Heavy Duty Shielded Couplings Joining Hubless Cast Iron Soil Pipe and Fittings
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2008
• Referred By: ASTM C1277-20 - Standard Specification for Shielded Couplings Joining Hubless Cast Iron Soil Pipe and Fittings
• Effective Date: 01-May-2004

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: C 1540 – 04
Standard Specification for
Heavy Duty Shielded Couplings Joining Hubless Cast Iron
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Soil Pipe and Fittings
This standard is issued under the fixed designation C 1540; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
TABLE 1
1. Scope
Nominal Pipe Size Coupling Width
1.1 This specification covers the evaluating of the perfor-
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1 ⁄2 to 4 in. (38 to 100 mm) 3 in. (76 mm) Minimum Width
mance of heavy duty shielded couplings to join hubless cast
5 to 10 in. (127 to 254 mm) 4 in. (100 mm) Minimum Width
iron soil pipe and fittings.
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12 to 15 in. (305 to 381 mm) 5 ⁄2 in. (140 mm) Minimum Width
1.2 Couplings covered by this standard shall have minimum
dimensions as found in Table 1 and Fig. 1 of this standard.
1.3 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
CISPI-301 SpecificationforHublessCastIronSoilPipeand
as the standard. The SI units given in parentheses are for
Fittings for Sanitary and Storm Drain, Waste and Vent
information only.
Piping Applications
1.4 The committee with jurisdiction over this standard is
CISPI-310 Specification for coupling for use in Connection
aware of comparable standards published by other organiza-
with Hubless Cast Iron Soil Pipe and Fittings for Sanitary
tions, namely Cast Iron Soil Pipe Institute specification CISPI
and Storm Drain, Waste and Vent Piping Applications
310 and Factory Mutual Research standard FM 1680.
FM 1680 Approval Standard Couplings used in Hubless
1.5 The following precautionary caveat pertains only to the
CastIronSystemsforDrain,WasteorVentSystemsabove
test method portion, Section 7, of this specification. This
or below ground Industrial, Commercial, and Residential
standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns,
if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user
3. Terminology
of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health
3.1 Definitions:
practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limita-
3.1.1 Definitions of the following terms used in this speci-
tions prior to use.
fication are found in Terminology C 717.
3.2 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
2. Referenced Documents
3.2.1 center stop, n—an integral part of the gasket centered
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
on the axial length of the gasket intended to limit the insertion
A 240 Specification for Stainless and Heat-Resisting
depth of the pipe to be coupled.
Chromium-Nickel Steel Plate, Sheet, and Strip
3.2.2 clamp assembly, n—that portion of the coupling
A 493 Specification for Stainless Wire and Wire Rods for
excluding the gasket.
Cold Heating and Cold Forging
3.2.3 coupling, n—the complete assembly.
A 888 Specification for Hubless Cast Iron Soil Pipe and
3.2.4 fitting, n—parts of a pipeline other than straight pipes,
Fittings for Sanitary, Storm and Drain, Waste, and Vent
valves, or couplings.
Piping Applications
3.2.5 gasket, n—the elastomeric portion of the coupling.
C 564 Specification for Rubber Gaskets for Cast Iron Soil
3.2.6 heavy duty coupling, n—a shielded coupling that has
Pipe and Fittings
dimensions not less than those detailed in Table 1 and Fig. 1.
C 717 Terminology of Building Seals and Sealants
3.2.7 joint, n—the point of assembly consisting of the
2.2 CISPI Standards:
coupling and the joined pipes or fittings, or both.
3.2.8 shield, n—an external metallic protective device de-
signed to protect the sealing gasket from external elements that
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A04 on Iron
could cause failure of the sealing assembly.
Castings and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee A04.75 on Gaskets and
Couplings for Plumbing and Sewer Piping.
4. Materials and Manufacture
Current edition approved May 1, 2004. Published August 2004. Originally
approved in 2002. Last previous edition approved in 2002 as C 1540 – 02.
4.1 Physical properties of gaskets shall comply with Speci-
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fication C 564 using the applicable durometer hardness re-
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